I also had two tires needed repairing and two kind women at Casey's, Kaitlin and Rachel, helped me out as I was out in the snow removing one tire with the funky jack handle that is difficult to turn ...

HANOVER—Northwest Illinois Economic Development (NWILED) has announced its session line-up for its 2026 Build It Grow It (BIGI) program, an entrepreneurial boot camp designed to empower aspiring busin ...

Twenty-five percent will come back to the Fulton Food Pantry, Savanna Food Pantry (we have walkers with Mount Carroll addresses) and the Thomson Children’s Christmas Program. The remainder moves on to ...

ObamaCare's insistence on covering people with existing illnesses differentiates it from true insurance and reveals it to be government-run healthcare. When it became apparent that ObamaCare couldn't ...

The Carroll County Senior Center will begin hosting a monthly event entitled Coffee & Conversation the second Thursday of each month (excluding holidays) from 9-11 a.m. at the Senior ...

Board member Zac Vandendooren opposed the bond resolution as premature, "noting they don't have some project costs," but that didn't stop the West Carroll board in the high school move a year ago as ...

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In regard to David Hanson’s most recent letter, I’ve always enjoyed big words, and have a relatively large vocabulary, but Mr. Hanson “got” me with “logorrheic”. I admit I had to Google it! It is ...

St. John the Baptist and Sts. John & Catherine Catholic Churches in Savanna and Mount Carroll launched a new St. Vincent de Paul Conference in June 2024. Since its inauguration, the new conference, ...

MOUNT CARROLL—RuthAnn Remrey, 83, passed away Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, at Allure of Mount Carroll Nursing Home. Visitation will be held 4-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, at Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mount Carroll ...

I empathize with the writer who wrote the editorial last week about his concerns that no one stood up to say a few words about Mr. Kirk. This new season of politically charged deaths on both sides ...

SAVANNA—The City of Savanna has a new mayor — finally. The Savanna City Council unanimously approved appointing Val Gunnarsson as the new leader for the city at its Tuesday, June 14, meeting.